Alan Bates
Acting
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor, who came to prominence in the 1960s, a time of high creativity in British cinema, when he demonstrated his versatility in films ranging from the popular children’s story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his tour-de-force with Anthony Quinn, Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Fixer, which gave him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1969, he starred in the Ken Russell film Women in Love with Oliver Reed and Glenda Jackson. Bates went on to star in The Go-Between, An Unmarried Woman, Nijinsky, and The Rose with Bette Midler, as well as playing varied roles in television drama, including The Mayor of Casterbridge, Harold Pinter's The Collection, A Voyage Round My Father, An Englishman Abroad (as Guy Burgess), and Pack of Lies. He also continued to appear on the stage, notably in the plays of Simon Gray, such as Butley and Otherwise Engaged.
Known for
Acting102
movieShuttlecock: Sins of a Father
2020
Major James Prentis (archival footage)
movieNothing Like a Dame
2018
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieDiscovering Hamlet
2011
Claudius (archive footage)
tvSpartacus
2004
Antonius Agrippa
movieSpartacus
2004
Antonius Agrippa
movieHollywood North
2004
Michael Baytes
movieThe Statement
2003
Armand Bertier
movieMeanwhile
2003
Father Peter
movieCelebrity Naked Ambition
2003
Self (archive footage)
tvSalem Witch Trials
2003
Sir William Phips
movieEvelyn
2002
Thomas Connolly
movieBertie and Elizabeth
2002
King George V
movieThe Sum of All Fears
2002
Dressler
movieThe Mothman Prophecies
2002
Alexander Leek
movieGosford Park
2001
Jennings
tvLove in a Cold Climate
2001
Uncle Matthew
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
2000
Re Enrico VIII
tvIn the Beginning
2000
Jethro
tvArabian Nights
2000
Storyteller
movieSt. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
Calpornius
movieNicholas’ Gift
1998
Reg Green
movieThe Grotesque
1995
Sir Hugo Coal
tvOliver's Travels
1995
Oliver
movieHard Times
1994
Josiah Bounderby
tvHard Times
1994
Josiah Bounderby
movieSilent Tongue
1994
Eamon McCree
movieShuttlecock
1993
Major James Prentis VC
tvUnnatural Pursuits
1992
Hamish Partt
movieLosing Track
1992
Henry Sitchell
movieUnnatural Pursuits
1992
Hamish Partt
movieHamlet
1990
Claudius
movie102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
Marcel Proust
movieDr. M
1990
Dr, Marsfeldt / Guru
movieMister Frost
1990
Felix Detweiler
tvScreen One
1989
Henry Sitchell
movieUncontrollable Circumstances
1989
Malcolm Forrest
movieWe Think the World of You
1988
Frank Meadows
movieA Prayer for the Dying
1987
Jack Meehan
moviePack of Lies
1987
Stewart
movieDuet for One
1986
David Cornwallis
movieOne for the Road
1985
Nicholas
tvThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
John Fabian
movieHands Up!
1985
Self (1981 footage)
tvScreen Two
1985
Marcel Proust
movieDr. Fischer of Geneva
1984
Dr. Alfred Jones
movieA Voyage Round My Father
1984
John Mortimer
movieAn Englishman Abroad
1983
Guy Burgess
movieThe Wicked Lady
1983
Captain Jerry Jackson
movieThe Return of the Soldier
1983
Captain Chris Baldry
movieSeparate Tables
1983
John Malcolm / Maj. Pollock
movieBritannia Hospital
1982
Macready
movieQuartet
1981
H.J. Heidler
movieThe Trespasser
1981
Siegmund
movieVery Like a Whale
1981
Sir Jock Mellor
movieNijinsky
1980
Sergei Diaghilev
movieThe Rose
1979
Rudge Campbell
movieThe Shout
1978
Charles Crossley
movieAn Unmarried Woman
1978
Saul Kaplan
tvThe Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
Michael Henchard
movieRoyal Flash
1975
Rudi Von Sternberg
movieIn Celebration
1975
Andrew Shaw
movieThe Story of Jacob and Joseph
1974
Narrator (voice)
movieButley
1974
Ben Butley
movieThe Go-Between
1971
Ted Burgess
movieThree Sisters
1970
Col. Vershinin
movieWomen in Love
1969
Rupert Birkin
movieThe Fixer
1968
Yakov Bok
movieFar from the Madding Crowd
1967
Gabriel Oak
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieKing of Hearts
1966
Charles Plumpick
movieGeorgy Girl
1966
Jos Jones
movieOnce Upon a Tractor
1965
Joe Turrel
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Grigor Pecharin
movieNothing But the Best
1964
Jimmy Brewster
movieThe Running Man
1963
Stephen
movieA Kind of Loving
1962
Victor Arthur 'Vic' Brown
movieWhistle Down the Wind
1961
The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
movieThe Entertainer
1960
Frank Rice
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Lewis Black / Mario
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Stewart
Production1
movieSecond Best
1972
Producer